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Arran, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32327. The Survey maps it on the Crawfordville West quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.

Arran within Wakulla County

Then and now

1940 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arran, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Arran, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Arran between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,036 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning49
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1999Natural30 acresNational Forests in FloridaGRIMES BAY
7 September 1999Natural8.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaG F & A
7 September 1999Natural5.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaMILLGROVE
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(65) DONALDSON-WILLIAMS
1 September 2000Natural4.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaLOST CREEK
6 August 2006Natural12 acresNational Forests in FloridaCRABCAKE
4 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaLONG BRANCH
30 August 1997Natural25 acresNational Forests in FloridaMIDNIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arran: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cannon Limestone - Moccasin Dip MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone

Every working recorded in Wakulla County

Storms near this place

6 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arran in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindArran$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindArran$500A tree was blown down at 33 Lura Ln.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindArran-A tree was blown down onto a structure near Duncan Drive.
September 2021Tornado (EF0)Arran-A brief tornado touched down in a forested area of rural Wakulla county and tracked across Forest Road 365 before lifting. There were no structures in the path to damage, and only tree damage occurred. A tornadic debris signature (TDS) was observed on TLH radar.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindArran-Trees were blown down on Oak Park Road.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindArran-Trees were blown down on Mill Creek Road.

Every storm recorded in Wakulla County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lawhons Mill1.8 miles14
Crawfordville2.4 miles14
Ivan3.7 miles14
Mount Pleasant3.8 miles14
Shadeville5.7 miles14
Wakulla Gardens5.8 miles14
Tully6.2 miles14
Wasupa (historical)6.4 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q131463363The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305221. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.